"Swim against the tide, don't follow the group, stay away from the majority, seek out the fresh and new, stay away from the poseurs, and don't be a barnacle. Be original, be different, be passionate, be selfless and be free. Be a hockey fan."
--John Buccigross

Ref totally blew it with that penalty shot call. First of all couldn't have been more of a dive by Kunitz, and then the ref takes like 15 seconds to decide on the penalty.

Yeah the officiating better improve or we're gonna have a rough game. It's Crosby-mania and the league is eating it up..

Why would anybody dive on a breakaway? The call could have gone either way, Zidlicky got the puck and Kunitz's skate at about the same time. The refs do not care about Crosby or any one player.

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"Swim against the tide, don't follow the group, stay away from the majority, seek out the fresh and new, stay away from the poseurs, and don't be a barnacle. Be original, be different, be passionate, be selfless and be free. Be a hockey fan."
--John Buccigross

Why would anybody dive on a breakaway? The call could have gone either way, Zidlicky got the puck and Kunitz's skate at about the same time. The refs do not care about Crosby or any one player.

Kunitz would to draw the penalty if he didn't have control the way he wanted. Either way, it was not a warranted penalty shot, the ref totally screwed that up. Zid did nothing to inhibit Kunitz. And the refs might not officially "care" but I'm sure there's marketing pressure from the league to look out for #1 (being a marquee player like Crosby, they're making such a big deal lately about his return, wouldn't it suck if he got another injury...)

Could never get me to believe there isn't some degree of bias in this league. It's all about the marketing teams/players and the money they bring in.

anyway, the call was complete crap, and hopefully we can move on and overcome it